I’m 370 lbs and today I had a doctor tell me that people who are skinnier than me are all like that because they work out and eat right. Can I get a roll call for the people who are less than 370 lbs and eat like shit or don’t work out? Because I’m pretty sure you exist.

Also, one time I had a doctor ask me “are you sure?” 4 times after I said I didn’t have any breathing problems. Like nah I’m just big.

  • Llituro [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    9·
    6 days ago

    It’s not mainly genetics, if your metabolism was so significantly low that you got to that weight eating a normal amount of calories then it’d be too dysfunctional to keep you alive.

    If you don’t have any health effects now, you will in the future. Your joints will wear at an increased rate, your heart and lungs will age faster until you can’t continue. Even if it doesn’t cut your life short, your quality of life drastically decreases. Yes, otherwise healthy people can suffer these problems too but excess adipose tissue is a major risk factor.

    This isn’t to scare you, it’s your life at the end of the day. Sincerely, someone who went from 300lbs and a 16 minute mile to 167lbs and running half marathons.

    not saying exercising and eating healthy foods at appropriate volumes isn’t healthy but uh, you wanna cite some sources or something? just because you did it doesn’t mean this person is the same.

    • gay_king_prince_charles [she/her, he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      141·
      6 days ago

      You want sources on exercise and a good diet being healthy? I’m not sure if I’m reading you correctly, but this is common knowledge. Obesity has all kinds of health risks (early mortality, cancer, stroke, diabetes, myriad joint issues and pains) and is a public health issue on par with smoking. Exercise and diet are both recommended to combat that, and they also help everything from mental health to immune response.

      Just in case I understood you correctly,

      https://www.cdc.gov/physical-activity-basics/benefits/index.html

      https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/fitness/in-depth/exercise/art-20048389

      https://www.cdc.gov/nutrition/php/resources/healthy-eating-benefits-for-adults.html

      • khizuo [ze/zir]@hexbear.netMEnglish
        15·
        6 days ago

        please read through some of the links i’ve provided in this thread and do some self-crit. any analysis of health outcomes for fat people that doesn’t factor in medical fatphobia (doctors literally KILL fat people) is a fat phobic and unsound analysis

      • Ivysaur [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
        111·
        6 days ago

        would you like to know another public health issue that is currently on par with cancer for the amount of damage it’s doing? that no one talks about, cares to mitigate, or even acknowledges anymore? with a concerted effort on the part of almost every government on earth to conceal the damage it’s doing? when is the last time you heard a doctor seriously mention covid in the last two years? you people love to come out of the woodwork and profess how much Health and Wellness you care about whenever A Fat does or says anything but you motherfuckers stopped wearing masks and giving a shit about the actual fire in the room since 2022 when everyone else stopped because it lost the capitalists lots of money and made your treats stop, i bet. but go on and tell me how much you really care about the health and well-being of fat people specifically, sure

          • Ivysaur [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
            8·
            6 days ago

            Why though? If you’re gonna be concerned about health at least be consistent. Her post history contains nothing about covid that isn’t jokes. I can indeed make a pretty good assumption about this shit because how many masked faces do you see out and about anymore? But you and me both know what this is, because it’s about fat people. It’s certainly not about health.

            • CharlieTheOctopus [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
              3·
              6 days ago

              I think you may be assuming bad faith here when that’s not completely applicable. This thread isn’t about Covid so why would that commenter bring it up? Considering that you’re basically accusing this person who you know next-to-nothing about of being a Covid spreader, I think you should take a step back and disengage.

          • MouthyHooker [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
            3·
            5 days ago

            No because thin people love to cherry pick concerns about public health and surprise, their number one concern is almost always related to fatness.

      • Llituro [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
        1·
        6 days ago

        I’m not going to address what others have, but I specifically meant sources for the very specific medical claims being made, not generic resources about “diet and exercise.” Such as the claim about the relationship between obesity and metabolism.